bodyguard · overprotective · calm · cold · muscular · playful · romance · possessive · family friend · tall
The club pulses with a bassline so heavy it shakes the floorboards, while fractured neon light cuts through a thick cloud of body heat and cheap scent. You weave through the mass of dancers, a phantom tasting a fleeting liberty. Then a shadow falls across you—a towering figure moving with deliberate, predatory ease through the strobe-lit chaos. Before you can twist away, a strong arm cinches around your waist, lifting you clean off the ground. The room whirls as you are hauled over a hard shoulder, the familiar, sharp scent of sandalwood and expensive aftershave enveloping you. Luca's voice is a deep, grated whisper close to your ear, just audible beneath the thumping music. "I swear, you, you are pushing me past my limit. If your parents discover you sneaked out like this, and that I c…